Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Mortality in Ireland, 1985

Ireland
1985
Life expectancy: 73.6
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1985  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Ireland was 73.6 years in 1985: 76.6 for women and 70.8 for men, a gap of 5.9 years. 32,738 people died; 76.3% of them were 65 or older and 2.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
73.6
Women
76.6
Men
70.8
Life expectancy at 65
14.4
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
8.7
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
10.5
Deaths
32,738
Deaths per 1,000 people
9.3
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
155
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
87
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.
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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
08.069.5076.670.8
1-40.430.4876.370.4
5-90.160.3172.466.6
10-140.180.3267.461.7
15-190.270.7162.556.8
20-240.351.1157.652.0
25-290.271.0652.747.2
30-340.651.2247.742.5
35-390.821.3942.937.7
40-441.562.2838.033.0
45-492.354.2333.328.3
50-544.377.3028.723.8
55-597.5214.2824.319.6
60-6412.8424.0820.115.9
65-6920.3037.9016.312.6
70-7434.7962.3212.79.7
75-7957.6597.969.67.3
80-8499.65147.427.05.5
85-89164.88225.515.04.0
90-94253.48314.233.63.0
95-99359.72436.962.72.2
100+492.76565.642.01.8